Originally Posted by
homonculus
Philadelphia went ahead with the parade, St Louis cancelled it. Afterwards the Medical Officers compared the death rate in the two cities in a medical journal, concluding the parade was the sole cause.
Roll forward 100 years. Cheltenham race meeting and the Liverpool Madrid football match. Death rate from Covid19 around both venues higher than average
history teaches us about the future, but only if you want to learn
I'm based in Philly and drive down from New York City. Though the NY government has clearly been working very hard and the City is much more densely populated than Philadelphia; the death rates are starkly different. I think Philly remembered 1918 well and acted as such..
PHL:- 13k infections 550 deaths
NYC 157k infections 16,000 plus dead.
My front door in lower Manhattan to KPHL is 102 miles. (and New Jersey ...)